Muffin-pan.



H. R.. WOLFER. MUPFIN PAN. APPLIUATIoN FILED mme. 1901.

924,209,` A Patented June 8,1909.

Y No.l 924,209.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

HENRY ROBERT WOLEER, or SPBINGVALLEY, ILLINOIS.

I l MUFFIN-PAN.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY ROBERT WoL- FER, a citizen of the United States, at Springvalley, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in. Muffin-Pans,` ofT 'amtensil in such a manner that one or more of the'pans can be used either with or Without the frame.

,',The invention consists also in certain dep tails of construction, hereinafter fully destood.; are inserted vmade in the form se'ribed and pointed out in the claim.

' In the drawing forming a part ofvthis speciimproved `form of mufiin pan.v Fig. 2 is a -vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is an' edge view taken from one'corner, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of said corner.

hen carrying out my invention I employ a flat plate of sheet metal A, which has a plurality of circular openings madetherein, said openings being preferably arranged in rows,

as shown.

B indicates the pans proper, each one be,- ing slightlyfta ered after the usual manner of pans of .this 'nd and at their upper edges thepans are provided with an outwardly. projeotngange B. The pans, it-will be underin the openingsand are of sueh size and shape asv to iit snugly/therein. For the purpose of securely holdmg them in place, each pan is rovided With one or more ateral rojection -C said projections being preferalgly formed Clips D are arranged uponthe upper V of the plate A ad'lacent the circular'openings, to t said chps being vowed as shown at.-

SpupeiationI of Letters Patent.

appiicatioamed becember e, 1907. serial 1%.- 405,378.

residing Letters Patent is upon the iange and are. ofaloop or ear as sh litt Patented Jane s, 1909.

4 overth` libjection C, the free end' D2 being curved upwardly to facilitatethe passage of the'ear or loop of the said clip. K

It will be understood that there is one clip for ea'chre'ar or projection carried by eac pan. ,1 The pans are inserted in the openings pressed down as far as they Will o, the ears or lo s being arranged between t e clips and thenV y giving the ears or loo s will be -orced beneath the clips, and there y securely locked in connection with the plate. When itis desired to remove them, the operations just described, are reversed.

By having the pans proper readily detachable itwill be understood that one or more-of them can be used at a time and it often happens that it is not desired to use all the pans and in case all the ans are placed in the oven and only a few ed, those which are not iilled become burned and discolored. With my'construction of device this objection is avoided as the em ty pan can be quickly removed from the plate and only the full pan inserted. Furthermore, the muffin or other article can be removed easier from the detachedpan .than it can be removed from a `pan in series.

pan a quarter turn the' Havin thus fully described my invention, y

what I c aim as new and desire to secure by In a device of the kind described, the cornbinationwith aplate provided with 'a plurality of openings, of pans adapted to fit in said openings having flanged upperedges provided with laterally projectin spring clipscarried by t e plate adapted to ears orv loops andl fit over said ears or loops, said clips being provided With upwardly curved ends and owed portions, for the purpose described.

HENRY ROBERT WOLFER.

Witnesses:

C. N. HoLL'ERIcH, JOHN J. SWEENEY. 

